- The building is famous for its external functional elements, which are all color coded. The plumbing pipes are green in color, the blue structures are the climate control ducts, the yellow encasings are for electric wires, red elements are for safety devices and circulation.
- The center sits on a public square of the same name, Place Georges Pompidou, which includes the Stravinsky Fountain (Fontaine des automates), a fountain filled with colorful, fantastical works of art.
- The building underwent an extensive renovation between October 1996 and January 2000 at a cost of 576 million Francs (1999 Francs).
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